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McDowell Technical Community College

54 College Drive, Marion, NC 28752 · Public 2-year · (828) 652-6021 · School website

Average net price
$7,784
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
128
2023-24, IPEDS
Finish on time
48.4%
within 150% of normal time, Scorecard
Students with Pell
27.1%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Yellow Ribbon school (IPEDS) Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On North Carolina's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at McDowell Technical Community College

McDowell Technical Community College reported 128 certificate and associate completions in 11 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (25). College Scorecard counts 608 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
Welding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 25 Not published WIOA list
IT support Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 21 Not published
Esthetician Certificate Not reported Not reported 20 Not published
LPN/LVN Certificate Not reported Not reported 17 Not published
Cosmetology Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 12 Not published WIOA list
HVAC Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 9 Not published
Electrician Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 7 Not published
Automotive Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 7 Not published WIOA list
EMT and paramedic Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 6 Not published WIOA list
Billing and coding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 3 Not published WIOA list
CNA Certificate Not reported Not reported 1 Not published WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at McDowell Technical Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$2,032
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$2,032
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$6,640
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$1,750
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$7,784
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$33,035

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More McDowell Technical Community College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
CarpentryCarpentry Diploma · In person · CIP 46.0201Not reported72 weeks, 37 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Phlebotomy Education & Clinical ExperienceCPT - Certified Phlebotomy Technician · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.1009$240+ $110 books14 weeks, 8 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to McDowell Technical Community College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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